The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Early the next morning, Natalie bid farewell to the old municipal officer and continued on to Czestochowa. Compared with the day before, the noble girl's mood is low. Although Natalie was not swayed by fatalism, nor was she as pessimistic as the old Pogrechet, but the wise Natalie was reminded of a fact, a fact that Natalie did not want to face. That is, for this country, you alone are saving.

Natalie was born in a prominent family, and her ancestors have been loyal to the Republic for generations. The reason why she took this dangerous task and sneaked back to the Republic was to do her best for the country like her ancestors. But now she found that she had the intention to kill the thief, but she couldn't find anyone with her to save the country. Yes, Mickiewicz has always followed herself and is her closest comrade-in-arms, but there are too few people like this.

In this country, all people are roughly divided into these four categories:

The first category is traitors. They wholeheartedly took refuge in the Swedes, begging pityingly for some leftovers that the master threw away. They spend a lot of time and drink and eat all day long, but they put the shame and honor of the nobility behind their minds; they are like dogs to the Swedes, but like wolves to the natives.

This second category is the "ideal home." They are fascinated by the illusory vision of self-portrait. They dreamed that after the merging of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Republic of Poland, they would build a great country under the leadership of the scepter of the greatest warrior in the world. Such people are even scarier than traitors. Because traitors are out of selfish purposes, once the situation is reversed, they will change their course, while idealists think that they have grasped the truth and will go to the dark one by one.

The third category is pessimists like Pogrechet. They are of noble character, unwilling to associate with aggressors and traitors, and will also help resisters. But he was extremely pessimistic about the resistance. They are obsessed with various prophecies and cannot extricate themselves, seeing everything as God's punishment of the Republic.

This last type of people hid in the forest, or fled abroad to save their lives.

Although Natalie had heard that in Lithuania, a group of officers headed by Sapega raised the flag of resistance, but Silesia was far away from Lithuania, and the news was inconvenient. Natalie did not hear of much movement there. . (Kazimierz received the Russian envoy Potemkin and reached an agreement in secret, and Natalie did not know it)

Natalie felt upset when she thought of this. She lifted the curtain on the carriage window and stuck her head out, and shouted to the open carriage behind: "Alvar, you come here."

The carriage stopped. Soon, Cheerchen got into the carriage reluctantly.

"Dear lady, what's your order?" Cheerchen asked.

"Aren't you from Lithuania? Tell me about things over there, especially about those who resist." Natalie said.

"Over there, we call those who resist Yanush the Confederate army." Cheerchen pointed out a mistake in Natalie's statement.

But Cheerchen had clearly made a mistake, and it is not a matter of discussing the accuracy of the words. For this, he was punished.

Natalie stabbed Cheerchen in the ribs with the hilt of the saber, making Cheerchen feel a pain in her heart.

"Say it! Don't talk to me about those useless, I'm not in that mood today." Natalie said to Cheerchen who was sorely bent into a shrimp shape.

Cheerchen held back and straightened his waist. Now he has no good feelings about the beautiful girl in front of him, and some are just fear.

"I don’t know what happened recently, because I have left Lithuania for more than 20 days. Before that, the army of Janusz and Marshal Brahe Wichensburg captured Lida Fort and commanded Jan Sobies. Ji's troops were wiped out..." Cheechen briefly summarized the situation of the Battle of Lida Fort.

While Cheerchen was talking, Natalie kept listening with her saber and her eyes closed. When Cheerchen finished speaking, Natalie asked: "Then Lithuania has been completely settled by the Swedes?"

To this question, Chechen gave a negative answer: "No, it was only Jan Sobieski's team that was defeated. The Allied forces led by Pavel Sapega were the most tenacious. The enemy. There are many famous warriors gathered in the Allied Army, such as Mikhav Vorodjavsky and Andrzej Kmicicz. These people have made the mercenaries under the prince horrified."

"I know these people. They are indeed the famous knights of the Republic." Natalie nodded.

Knowing that there are still patriots like herself fighting in Lithuania, this is the only good news that Natalie has heard since yesterday, which also gave her dry heart to nourish.

"This guy is still useful." Natalie thought to herself.

Just here, the door of the carriage window was knocked.

"Miss, I have something urgent to tell you." It was Mickiewicz's voice.

Natalie opened the window, and when Mickiewicz saw Chechen still in the car, he hesitated.

Natalie understands what Mickiewicz means ~www.readwn.com~ She ordered Chechen to get out of the carriage.

"Miss, I just heard the news from a nearby village, and I don't know if it's true. Lord Konetspolski, the former head of the banner, surrendered to Karl X."

The news was like a bolt from the blue, and Natalie felt dizzy for a while.

The former officer in charge of the banner was a fierce general in the siege of Zbarazh in the past, and now even he has surrendered.

"Mickiewicz, ask the team to hurry up. I want to get to Czestochowa tomorrow morning." After a while, Natalie regained her mind, and she ordered Mickiewicz.

The more surrenders, the greater the strength of the Swedes. Karl X will be even more impatient to be crowned King of the Republic of Poland. The crown must be brought back to Silesia before this. This is Natalie's idea.

The team speeded up abruptly. Since Oksana's open wagon is not equipped with expensive shock absorbers, the open wagon is extremely bumpy at high speeds. Chechen and Father Spasokukotsky had to grab the heavy objects around them to prevent them from being thrown out.

Compared to the time of departure, Oksana had a lot more things in the car. According to her own words, these were all gifts she got from the maids who used to divination in the manor.

"Father, did you say we are almost at Czestochowa?" Cheerchen asked.

"Quickly, if at this speed we should be able to arrive early tomorrow morning. The premise is that this car doesn't break us apart." Father Spasokukotsky said.

A bucket full of water next to him hit his pinky right foot, and it hurt him.

"Oksana, can't you throw away some useless things?" the priest suggested to Oksana who was driving a carriage.

The answer he got was no.